The animal rights struggle : an essay in historical sociology /
From the beginning of the 19th century to the present day, a host of campaigners have denounced the mistreatment of animals. Relying on a comparison of the British and French experiences, this book retraces the various strands of the animal protection movement, from their origins to their continuing...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Protest and social movements ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A long and complex struggle
- 2. Noble gentleness, vile cruelty
- 3. To act as an enlightened philosopher
- 4. To enlighten the ignorant, to refine the barbarian
- 5. "Us," the animals and "them"
- 6. The rise in the power of tenderness
- 7. (Animal) victims and social domination
- 8. A decreasingly "wild" nature.
